ive been accused of being a racist lately and i told the girl everyone is a racist EVERYONE to some degree what do you think
2006-11-16 06:49:58 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
You are absolutely right. I am white and my girlfriend is black. theoretically I couldn't be a racist. I don't feel like I am and no one says I am but I still find myself thinking racial epithits in my head toward low class blacks and hispanics. When I say low class I mean drunk bums on the street and gangsters. When I see a person that is white in a similar circumstance I just think loser unstead of attaching the racial slur in front. Why do I do this? There are good and bad in everything in everything. Race should never be a part of anything. Does this help?
2006-11-16 06:56:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
From wikipedia: "Racism is commonly defined as a belief or doctrine where inherent biological differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement."
Being a racist in context to its real meaning simply means that race plays a factor in your relationships and daily lives. However, due to our country's long history of struggle through oppression and civil rights, being a racist has taken on a new meaning. Now we say someone is a racist if they in any way degrade, despise, or act out on another individual because of their race.
I agree with you if you are using the term in its original context. I have friends of all races and ethnicities. Their differences do not cause me to see them as any less of a person, but the differences in culture and manner are impossible not to ignore. So in that sense, yes I believe we are a bit racist, but again in the true context of the word.
2006-11-16 15:02:34 · answer #2 · answered by audairymaid 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah ppl say I'm a racist when I say ni,gga, but I'm not and other people won't touch an indian kids hand cuz of the skin tone they associate dark with dirt and dirt with dirty so yes I think everyones a racist to some degree even if they don't know they are. BTW I'm white.
2006-11-16 14:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by Jesus C 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Everyone might be judge mental of bigoted to some degree, but I don't think everyone is racist.
2006-11-16 14:57:20 · answer #4 · answered by Chris J 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree, whether you mean to or not everyone is at least a little bit. Just like the song-"Everyone's a little bit racist" If you haven't heard it, check it out, it's pretty good.
2006-11-16 14:52:17 · answer #5 · answered by hodagwriter 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm,
No, everyone is not a racist.... However, I do think that everyone has a bit of prejudice in them whether they care to admit it or not, but again, no, not everyone is a racist.
2006-11-16 14:54:07 · answer #6 · answered by favrd1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I doubt everyone is Racist, I know Im not.. Some people can be mean though..
2006-11-16 15:00:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No..... not everyone. A lot of people are racist but not all. Thank God for that!
2006-11-16 14:51:47 · answer #8 · answered by purple rain 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, everyone is a racist in some way or another and to some varying degree.
2006-11-16 14:52:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not everyone is a racist but everyone has their own predjudices on all sorts of topics.
2006-11-16 14:54:07 · answer #10 · answered by sony_0025 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋